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Turtle soup was very popular in the first half of the 20th century, so much so that they became endangered and it had to stop being produced. Even canned “mock turtle” soup was created until 1960 for people to still have something similar until it disappeared due to changing tastes.

It was considered patriotic to give servicemen a lift who were hitchhiking.

“An eight” would refer to the car having an eight cylinder engine. At the time, more cars would have 4 or 6 cylinder engines, so having an eight meant that it was more powerful, and therefore more expensive.

A Rate Payers association is another name for a neighbourhood association that advocates for local issues. The Sea Flea is a small homemade motor boat popularized in Muskoka at this time.

This is not unlike last weeks comic, but 13 years later.